De Monstris et Monstrosis,

quam mirabilis bonus et justus in mundo administrando sit Deus Monstrantibus, Georgio Stengelio, Ingolstadt, Gregor Haenlin, 1647. Overlapping parchment, 12mo., title page with pasted printer's vignette by Wolf. Kilian, (14), 636 pp. + index. First edition of this work on monsters and monstrosities, physically and morally. Georg Stengel (1584-1651) was a philosopher and theologist and Professor at Ingolstadt. Interesting and instructive work by this German Jesuit.

Title in hw. on spine, parchment loose on inside; inside good copy.